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53 lines
2.6 KiB
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A timeline of atrocities committed by or supported by the
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[Australian](Australia "wikilink") government, Australian corporations
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or the [British Empire](British_Empire "wikilink") during its
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colonisation of Australia.
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## 1800s
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- 1854: British soldiers repress the [Eureka
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Rebellion](Eureka_Rebellion "wikilink") in Ballarat
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- 1899: Australia joins the [Second Boer
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War](Second_Boer_War "wikilink"), costing 606 Australian lives and
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perpetuating British Imperialism
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## 1900s
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- 1906: An unknown amount of aboriginal people are enslaved, tortured,
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raped and murdered by 'explorers' in Western Australia on the
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[Canning Stock
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Route](Canning_Stock_Route_\(Western_Australia\) "wikilink")
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- 1915: Police kill 7 aboriginal people in the [Mistake Creek
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Massacre](Mistake_Creek_Massacre "wikilink")
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- 1918: The Australian government allows for the [Bentinck Island
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Atrocities](Bentinck_Island_Atrocities "wikilink") against
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aboriginals by ignoring the perpetrator and never punishing him
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- 1922: Police shoot more than 12 aboriginals in the [Sturt Creek
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Massacre](Sturt_Creek_Massacre "wikilink")
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- 1924: Police brutally torture, enslave and kill aboriginal men in
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the [Bedford Downs Massacre](Bedford_Downs_Massacre "wikilink")
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- 1926: Police kill and burn 20 aboriginals in Western Australia in
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the [Oombulgurri Massacre](Oombulgurri_Massacre "wikilink")
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- 1928: Between 60 and 110 aboriginals are killed by police and armed
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vigilantes around the Coniston Cattle Station in the Northern
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Territory in the [Coniston Massacre](Coniston_Massacre "wikilink")
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- 1978: An unknown agent [bombs a hotel in
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Sydney](Sydney_Hilton_Hotel_Bombing "wikilink"), killing 3 people
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and injuring 11, most evidence points to it being the Australian
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government seeking to expand its police powers
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- 1998: Corporate neglect kills two workers in the [Esso Longford Gas
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Explosion](Esso_Longford_Gas_Explosion "wikilink")
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- 1998: Corporate neglect kills four sailors in a fire on the [HMAS
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Westralia](HMAS_Westralia_Fire "wikilink")
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## 2000s
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- 2006: Corporate neglect triggers the [Beaconsfield Mine
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Collapse](Beaconsfield_Mine_Collapse_\(2006\) "wikilink") and traps
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three people, killing one
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- 2006: Corporate neglect triggers the [Gladstone Munitions Factory
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Explosion](Gladstone_Munitions_Factory_Explosion_\(2006\) "wikilink"),
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killing three people
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- 2013: Corporate neglect triggers the [collapse of a
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wall](Swanston_St_Wall_Collapse_\(2013\) "wikilink") on Swanston St,
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Melbourne and killed three people |